Sonny Zappa

That awkward moment when you finally find your missing dad and you learn he’s been doing a blood ritual to keep himself alive and it’s slowly driving him insane

#UnhingedPit #Q #A #F #H #writingcommunity #litagents

A severe emotional storm warning from the National Weather Service, warning of Lainey Pike's impending psychological hurricane.

HEARTBURN x Robert Frost's MENDING WALL x THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

Tropical Storm Lainey is headed due south from Slaughters Falls, VT, cutting a path of destruction through the So. New England area affecting all the shitty men in her life. THIS (doesn't) END NOW #UnhingedPit #WF #A #Q

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Heidi’s Parents: Hey we found you the perfect husband who will save our family from social ruin!

Heidi: Nah. How about I disappear into the cursed forest so he can’t find me, do research, & fall in love with a non-binary rogue instead?

#UnhingedPit #A #F #LGBT #Q #Own

WWE SMACKDOWN x JANE AUSTEN
Wanted: Obstinate headstrong girl to marry off pretty younger sister & scare away unwanted suitors.
Bonus points if you one-up the snooty viscountess next door by stealing her guest of honor for the sis. More if he likes you!
#UnhingedPit #AG #Humor

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I did a project with 10th graders last year where we read Stephen King’s The Body & studied the “kids on bikes”’trope. Then my students had to pitch an idea for a TV series based on their own original concepts. This book was born from the model I used to show them what to do. #MG #SF #Unhingedpit #Q

SUCH SHARP TEETH x MARY

She's not a bitch; she's transforming into a werewolf, and menopause is just the cherry on top.

Note to self: Don’t get on her bad side.

#UnhingedPit #Q #A #H #T

The "women yelling at cat" meme, with the women captioned as "Alien: Don't drink that; it's poison!" and the cat captioned as "Human: Yeah, we call it whiskey."

Behold one of the many types of culture clash to be found in the anthology WE'RE THE WEIRD ALIENS!

#UnhingedPit #P #A #SF

LIMITED TIME OFFER: Only just seaworthy vessel. Comes with own crew of amateur pirates, brainbox amputee cabin girl and a divebombing macaw. #MG
Extras: horrendous puns, treasure maps, unexpected emotional depths and inedible macaroons.
#unhingedpit #Q

For Sale: One hilariously deluded Jersey cow starring in her own chapter book #CB with series potential. Slightly dented but vgc.
One careful middle-aged #kidlit #amwriting disabled lady owner.
All serious offers considered as there is only so much manure you can put on roses. #UnhingedPit #Q

PLAY ▶️

“Tim McGraw” by Taylor Swift ❌ “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow ❌ “(There’s Gotta Be) More to Life” by Stacy Orrico

AND STOP ⏹️

#UnhingedPit #A #R #Q

Oh, look, there are their f*cks, flying out a window 😌
#UnhingedPit #R #A #PubSoon

The "woman confused with math formulas" meme, with the caption "aliens trying to figure out why humans would voluntarily keep small predators in their homes."

"Human, that is a carnivore. Why are you giving it free reign to wander your domicile?"

"Do you guys not keep pets?"

"???Pets???"

WE'RE THE WEIRD ALIENS

#UnhingedPit #P #A #SF

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#UnhingedPit #C #SF #M #H #S #P #T #A

Moonium

*A Soldier
*A Criminal
*A Greedy, Ambitious mining CEO
*A POTUS searching for a legacy
*Moon Rocks
*Climate Change
*Zombies
*Grieving Parents
*Ancient Prophecy
*Empowering Eclipse

Swerving car meme. "Normal first-person POV" on left, "Semi second-person POV, present tense, and he also has a bad British accent for some reason" on right. Titanic Voyage by Julie Bihn swerves towards right.

I'm like 99% sure that TITANIC VOYAGE is the best Titanic time travel novel you'll ever read set in a theme park in Eloy, Arizona which was published in 2022.

#UnhingedPit #P #NA #R #SPEC #TimeTravel #Angst #LotsOfAngst #PleaseBuyMyBook #OrItsOnHoopla #AndKoboPlus

#Unhingedpit #P

An agent guide to "Nestless Swallows" by @GuendalinaCilli background is the closeup of the profile of a woman with olive skin and dark hair

PITCH ADULT MYTH RETELLING Andromache longs for a place to call home after Troy fell. Determined to have a peaceful life with her sons, when her ex-master's widow threatens to enslave her again, she sets out on a dangerous journey to find a safe place COMPS Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati The Maiden by Kate Foster A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher

TROPES Myth retelling Generational Trauma Mother/Son Dynamics Grief "Where is home" Female friendship Middle-aged MC

EXCERPT Helenos feared the ghosts, the space left behind by our loved ones. As if the ghosts had not come here with us. They hid in every reflection, in every word and gesture. If I had to live with them until the gods declared I too reached the Underworld, I would rather do it in a place I could call home. “You can’t escape the dead,” I whispered. “You can’t run away from them forever.”

#Agents here's my brand new agent guide (courtesy of the amazing
@authorkateduarte.bsky.social ) for my #amquerying myth retelling
#writingcommunity

ALADDIN X GREEK MYTH
Peleas wants to salvage his ailing father's dying business and woo Thetis, the woman of his dreams. When she hates his villa-turned-hotel plans, he must find a solution to make everyone happy and fast-or risk losing everything #WSPitW #A #R #L #upmarket

CLYTEMNESTRA X STUDIO GHIBLI
Andromache longs for a place to call home after Troy fell. When her ex-master's widow threatens to enslave her again, she sets out on a dangerous journey in search of a safe place for a peaceful life with her sons
#WSPITQ #Hi #F #A #WF

Pictures clockwise from 12 o'clock: A thunderstorm. Clear crystals. The face of a machine against a desert. Someone walking in a desert. A desolate red landscape. Background: A desert. Reads: Aria Unsung. Everything beautiful is accompanied by something deadly.

IRON WIDOW+CODE GEASS
Mech-pilot Aria doesn’t want to be the Chosen One. When metal-and-flesh monsters kill her family, she swears to destroy the Chosen One's position within the coven. But if she succeeds, she may lose what she has left and end up Chosen herself.
#2025pit #SF #F #A #LGBT #DIS

Mock Netflix guide of my novel

[Clytemnestra X Howl’s Moving Castle]

Freed courtesan Andromache has tasted freedom once - she’s not going back.

Andromache’s latest years
Lyrical prose
Themes of found family, freedom, and sacrifice
Platonic relationships

#YouDeservePit #Q #A #myth

SNOW WHITE x EVELYN HUGO

MORE THAN JUST A FAIRY TALE

❣️ grumpy and sunshine
🏠 forced proximity
🫶🏻 queer representation
🏒 dash of hockey
🎸 sprinkle of music
📚 single pov
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 ensemble cast
✨ modern retelling of a cherished fairy tale

#youdeservepit #A #R #AG #editorsguide #editors

#Agents if you like the martial competition and political intrigue of AN EMBER IN THE ASHES, the forbidden romance and family loyalty themes of THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS, and the E2L banter of FOURTH WING, I have a book for you!

❤️‍🔥Slow burn
🎭Secret identity
🔪Morally grey FMC
#Q #F #R #RF #YouDeservepIt

The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey by Thomas Cole Thomas Cole died before he was able to complete his final group of paintings, titled The Cross and the World. In the beginning of the series, two young men each begin a pilgrimage---one to the cross and the other through the world. The route to the cross is mountainous and difficult, while the pathway through the world tempts with a beautiful valley. By the end of their journeys, the pilgrim of the cross discovers the bright light and angels of redemption, but the pilgrim of the world finds only a wasteland of emptiness and fear. Cole used very little color in these paintings to emphasize the vivid contrast between the glorious light of God and the dark confusion of a world without faith. The Text Reads: For these fields, the ground fought them, it claimed their sons, their slaves, their hungry nights. Yet they persisted as men so often must. With blood and years they tore the ground and ate of its flesh. From the cold stones they raised monuments to their new gods and whispered around them beneath the darkening skies.

Okay, I'm actually going to this right this time!

In Their Shadows
70,000 Words
Upmarket Gothic Fantasy
Actively Querying #agents
#YouDeservepIt

#F #H #A #Q

Blood Demands Blood, Love Demands Death

Adult fiction mystery thriller PILLARS OF DUST follows a former secret service agent, Jake Rayne and his goddaughter, Faith Williamson as they uncover hidden evidence of embezzlement and murder that puts their lives on the line as a clandestine group within the secret service pursues them to try and bury the evidence––and them right along with it.

PILLARS OF DUST

The Night Agent x Treasure State

Jake and his goddaughter must find who killed her father and expose the evidence––only it puts them on a run for their lives from the secret service–– and leads straight to the White House steps.

#YouDeservepit #A #T #Q

DEAD & LONELY HEARTS: Jess thought being attacked and witnessing a brutal murder would be the worst part of her year- but she has no idea yet that her new boyfriend Eric is the sociopathic vampire responsible...
#YouDeservepIt #UW #WIP #R #A #UR #DR #RT #POC

As the new Countess, Evanor is determined to grant her cruel husband the male heir for which he’s yearned since learning of his cursed bloodline. Unfortunately for her, none of his last 10 wives lived past a year—& her brother’s life depends on her success. #WIP #A #F #YouDeservepIt

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE x PERCY JACKSON

12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, he must fight to stop it before it destroys both dimensions

#YouDeservepIt #MG

Low flying in of a forest, an old castle by the shore with clouds, a mysterious tunnel in a river, a black girl camouflaged in the forest, a close up of tribal marks and a tribal necklace on a black person, more modern building in a forest, a row of canoes in a river, more of the modern building with ancient railing and staircase in front of it.

#YouDeservepIt

Caught between the demands of her home realm & her love for a human named Eope, Reny must forge a path through the clash of ancient traditions and evolving ideals.

💥🐉Mythical Creature
✨️🌏Otherworldly Realm
👩🏿‍🤝‍👩🏾 💜 LGBT+ Couple
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 💞Found Family
👰🏾🙅🏾‍♀️Arranged Marriage
#Q #A #F #SF #R

HUNGER GAMES × COBAB × FOURTH WING

Inspired by the Central African mythology of the Underworld of Kalunga

A boy with dangerous blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mother's soul, before it's sacrificed to the Gods of the Underworld

#YouDeservepIt #YA #OS